Re: Bittorrent - how to use on Linux?

[Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrea Montenegro wrote:
> Paul Howarth wrote:
>
> > Andrea Montenegro wrote:
> >
> > > I was wondering if anyone has experience the same problem with 
> > > bittorrent and FC3: I installed the version 3.4.2-1-1 from a rpm I 
> > > found on Internet; the program seems to work fine using the command 
> > > line "/usr/bin/btdownloadcurses --max_upload_rate 32 <torrent file>", 
> > > except for the fact that after a few hours my operating system stop 
> > > responding and I'm forced to shut down the machine using the power 
> > > button. I tried to login through ssh when the computer hang, but even 
> > > that didn't work.
> > >
> > > The operating system is very stable until I run bittorrent, and it 
> > > runs 24 hours a day without a glitch. Is there a log file that can 
> > > help to better understand what causes the problem?
> >
> >
> >
> > This isn't something I've noticed but perhaps you could give the new 
> > beta version (3.9.1) a try and see if that's any better?
> >
> > I have RPMs for it at:
> > http://www.city-fan.org/ftp/contrib/bittorrent/BETA/
> >
> > Paul.
> Thanks Paul, I'll give it a try.

Did this help?

FWIW, I now have an FC3 package of the new BitTorrent 4.0.0 client (no 
longer a beta) at:
http://www.city-fan.org/ftp/contrib/bittorrent/

Paul.